Denial of Service Attack Techniques: Analysis, Implementation and Comparison
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Authors
Elleithy, Khaled M.
Blagovic, Drazen
Cheng, Wang
Sideleau, Paul
Issue Date
2005
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Article
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Keywords
Communications systems security , Denial of service attack (DOS) , Transmission control protocol synchronization (TCP SYN) flood , Ping of death
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Abstract
A denial of service attack (DOS) is any type of attack on a networking structure to disable a server from servicing its clients. Attacks range from sending millions of requests to a server in an attempt to slow it down, flooding a server with large packets of invalid data, to sending requests with an invalid or spoofed IP address. In this paper we show the implementation and analysis of three main types of attack: Ping of Death, TCP SYN Flood, and Distributed DOS. The Ping of Death attack will be simulated against a Microsoft Windows 95 computer. The TCP SYN Flood attack will be simulated against a Microsoft Windows 2000 IIS FTP Server. Distributed DOS will be demonstrated by simulating a distribution zombie program that will carry the Ping of Death attack. This paper will demonstrate the potential damage from DOS attacks and analyze the ramifications of the damage.
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Citation
K. M. Elleithy, D. Blagovic, W. Cheng, P. Sideleau, "Denial of Service Attack Techniques: Analysis, Implementation and Comparison," Journal of Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics, vol. 3, no. 1, 2005.
Publisher
The International Institute of Informatics and Systemics (IIIS)